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Mar 2017
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039 – Daily Rituals part 4 – Real Englis...

LORI LINSTRUTH
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Introduction Hi English learners! Lori here, your teacher from Betteratenglish.com. In this episode of Real English Conversations, you'll hear part 4 of my conversation with Kyla. Up until now we've been talking about the book Daily Rituals by Mason Currey. But in this part of the conversation we digress [go off topic] and talk about dealing with distraction ... Show More
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